Huawei Mate 8 NXT-AL Wi-Fi Driver memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Huawei Mate 8 NXT-AL. It has been declared as critical. The affected element is an unknown function of the component Wi-Fi Driver. Such manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2016-3681. No exploit exists. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Huawei Mate 8 NXT-AL (Smartphone Operating System) (version now known). It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown processing of the component Wi-Fi Driver. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Buffer overflow in the Wi-Fi driver in Huawei Mate 8 NXT-AL before NXT-AL10C00B182, NXT-CL before NXT-CL00C92B182, NXT-DL before NXT-DL00C17B182, and NXT-TL before NXT-TL00C01B182 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly gain privileges via a crafted application, aka HWPSIRT-2016-03021.

The weakness was disclosed 05/26/2016 as HWPSIRT-2016-03021 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared for download at huawei.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2016-3681 since 03/28/2016. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Yes

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Recommended: Upgrade
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Timelineinfo

03/28/2016 🔍
05/26/2016 +59 days 🔍
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05/27/2016 +1 days 🔍
12/17/2018 +934 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: huawei.com

Advisory: HWPSIRT-2016-03021
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2016-3681 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2016-3681
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-87632
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Entryinfo

Created: 05/27/2016 11:03
Updated: 12/17/2018 08:09
Changes: 05/27/2016 11:03 (58), 12/17/2018 08:09 (2)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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